Associations of Usual 24-Hour Sodium and Potassium Intakes with Blood Pressure and Risk of Hypertension among Adults in China's Shandong and Jiangsu Provinces

• Main Authors: Jianwei Xu (Author), Xiaorong Chen (Author), Zeng Ge (Author), Hao Liang (Author), Liuxia Yan (Author), Xiaolei Guo (Author), Yongqing Zhang (Author), Linhong Wang (Author), Jixiang Ma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: High sodium intake and low intake of potassium can increase blood pressure (BP) and risk of developing hypertension. Few studies have examined the association between 24-h urinary sodium and potassium excretion and BP or risk of hypertension in China, and most used only a single 24-...